-LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Estudiantes de La Plata shocked Brazilian home side Cruzeiro on Wednesday to capture South American club football 's greatest prize , the Copa Libertadores .

Juan Sebastian Veron is showered in confetti in Belo Horizonte , Brazil , as he hoists the Copa trophy .

The 2-1 aggregate win by Estudiantes marked the first Copa trophy claimed by the Argentinean team in 39 years , as they came from behind in a tense match that saw all goals scored in the second half .

The teams played to a scoreless draw in last week 's first-leg game in Argentina .

Cruzeiro 's Henrique scored the game 's first goal in the 52nd minute , striking a long-range shot that deflected off Estudiantes defender Leandro Desabato , according to Goal.com .

But five minutes later Gaston Fernandez tied the score from short range , giving the Argentinean team the edge on away-goals . Boselli headed in a corner from captain Juan Sebastian Veron in the 78th minute to seal the Copa trophy .

The Copa final this year marked the first time for Estudiantes to reach the championship round in 39 years . The small club won the Copa Libertadores for three consecutive years,1968-1970 .

This year also marked the 50th birthday of the Copa Libertadores , South American football 's equivalent of Europe 's Champions League .

The Libertadores is the most prestigious tournament in South American club football , seeing the best 32 teams in the continent battle for supremacy .

For years it was dominated by Argentina , with a team from the country making it to every final between 1963 to 1979 , and Buenos Aires team Independiente winning six times in that period .

Since the early 1990s , it 's been the Brazilian clubs that have excelled . Brazil has provided 10 Libertadores finalists in the last 10 years , but since the tournament 's inception , every country except Peru and Mexico has supplied a winner .

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Estudiantes defeats Cruzeiro to claim Copa Libertadores trophy

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Two teams played to a scoreless draw in the first leg

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It was first Copa trophy for Estudiantes since 1970

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Brazilian team have dominated recently in South American club football 's top prize